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Peer reviewedWashington, Eugene – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1985
Discusses the heuristic role of yes-no questions in college composition and provides two such methods for brainstorming and focusing. Presents a binary graph device ("Matrix") that correlates subjects and concerns to generate yes-no questions. Also presents a flow-chart model structuring information in the question-evidence-resolution pattern. (JG)
Descriptors: Heuristics, Higher Education, Language Usage, Prewriting
Download full textFitzgerald, Jill; Teasley, Alan B. – 1983
A study investigated whether direct instruction in story constituents and their interrelationships could enhance children's organization in story writing. It was hypothesized that the special instruction could provide children with an internalized prototype story structure that could serve as a heuristic or planning device for organizing…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Creativity, Grade 4
Braungart, Diane S. – 1985
Noting that effective writing instruction depends on careful planning informed by knowledge of the writing process and its variations in relation to different audiences and purposes, this teacher's guide explains the nature of the writing process and how it relates to instruction. The purposes of the guide are threefold: to highlight current…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Language Usage
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1983
A sampling of over 100 ideas submitted by elementary school teachers at the Idea Exchange at the annual meetings of the National Council of Teachers of English are contained in this collection of teaching tips. The first chapter, "Getting to Know Each Other," includes games to help students learn each other's names, directions for making a…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Dictionaries, Elementary Education, Grammar
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Activities described in the first section of the booklet focus on language exploration--specifically examining variations in pronunciation, definition, and…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL. – 1985
Contributed by high school English teachers from across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Activities described in the first section of the booklet focus on language exploration and include familiarizing students with dictionary information,…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English
Kaufmann, Felice A., Ed. – 1987
Contributed by high school English teachers across the United States, the activities contained in this booklet are intended to promote the effective teaching of English and the language arts. Teaching strategies offered in the first section of the booklet are designed to stimulate language exploration with such activities as examining the…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Creative Writing, Educational Games, English Instruction
